Upcoming Events:
Civic Trivia
Join Civic Learning and Engagement, the Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA), and Loud Light for Civics Trivia, food, and fun on Friday, August 30th, from 3:30 - 4:30 PM in the Stouffer Lounge in Memorial Union. Prizes will be given away throughout including scholarships! Must be present to win! Occupancy is limited to 42. Click here to register!
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Civic Engagement and Direct Action Series
FWCSS Main Floor Presentation Space
Tuesday, September 10 2024 at 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM CDT
Hear from speakers from various civic organizations about issues including voter suppression, women's healthcare, abortion access, civic engagement, etc. Speakers will include:
- Ashley All from Kansas Coalition for Common Sense
- Kiernan McCarty from Loud Light
Please join us!!
Prairie Room at Memorial Union
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 from 8 - 9:30 AM
Please join members of the Experiential Learning Committee for coffee and conversation about Experiential Learning Innovation Grants that are available through the Office of the Provost! Learn more about Funding Opportunities here.
Past Events:
Community Engaged Teaching, Research, & Service ConferenceOctober 5-6, 2023, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
FHSU Memorial Union - Black & Gold Room, Ballroom
Two-day conference for the campus faculty, staff, and community partners surrounding Community Engaged Teaching, Research, and Service through a justice and equity lens.
Featured Speaker: Dr. John Reiff, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Tiger Farm Tidy Up: October 7th - lunch provided (Co-creating Community event)
Join the Ag Ambassadors to beautify the FHSU farm. Participants can come for the whole day or for one of two shifts. The first shift is from 8am to 12pm and the second shift is from 12pm to 4pm. Activities include mowing, weed whacking, cutting down trees, painting fences, and clearing the space of unusable items. The team will also be decorating the farm entrance to make it more fun and inviting!
Arts for Social Change: September 12th, 6-8 PM (Co-creating Community event)
Join Art and Design Professor, Amy Schmierbach, and her Arts for Social Change students for a fun-filled, hands-on collaborative textile weaving art project as part of the Co-Creating Community initiative. Join a lively conversation around the looms and weave away! No previous art experience necessary.
Global Community Engagement Day: January 29, 2023
Global Affairs and Civic Learning & Engagement sponsored a service-learning field trip to the Kansas Wetlands Education Center to learn about wetland communities, conservation and sustainability and build birdhouses onsite.
Browse photos from the event below.
Hands-On Learning, Learning by Doing, Experiential-Learning...Learn How!
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
1:00 - 1:45 PM
McCartney Hall #104
*Professional Development Day Spring 2023 Session
Times Talk: Calling People into Conversation for the Greater Good
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Forsyth Library, South Study Area
View the Recording Here
Sponsored by: American Democracy Project
Experiential Learning Coffee & Brainstorming
This event occurs each semester prior to the application deadline for the Experiential-Learning Innovation Grant. Learn more about Funding Opportunities.
Current Opportunities:
No current opportunities. Please check back when the 2024 fall semester starts on August 19th.
Past Opportunities:
The Kansas Women’s Leadership Institute (KWLI) is currently accepting applications for its 2024 program. “The KWLI is a five-week immersive leadership program held at the University of Kansas and designed for college-aged women to study adaptive leadership, identify their leadership competencies, and make progress on an issue or project they care about in their home community. Following the five-week immersive experience, participants engage online in a structured 9-month series of learning modules. And after that…a lifetime of making a difference by continued learning about and effectively engaging in the process of leadership.”
For more information, please click here! The deadline to apply is December 1, 2023.